Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 4, 2014. President Barack Obama today sent Congress a proposed defense budget of $495.6 billion in discretionary budget authority to fund base defense programs in fiscal year 2015.
The request is $0.4 billion less than the enacted FY 2014 appropriation and is consistent with the current budget caps. The Opportunity, Growth, and Security Initiative — a government-wide initiative — requests an additional $26 billion in FY 2015 to address significant readiness and…
